Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Insidious: Chapter 3

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Insidious:Chapter 3
– 3 out of 5

I wasn’t the most impressed with the first film but was pleasantly
surprised with the second one—in fact, I actually thought that if you either
watch the two back-to-back or edited them together as a single cohesive film,
they would make one really great horror film.What I’m saying is that the second complimented the first one so well
that it actually makes the first even better.So, that being said, how does Insidious:Chapter 3 stack up?

What filter will she use for her breakfast photo? WHAT FILTER?!?

Set before the events in the first and second film, Chapter
3 sees a young girl named Quinn (Stefanie Scott) seek the aid of the psychic
Elise Rainer (Lin Shaye).Elise
discovers that Quinn attempted to contact her deceased mother but something
else heard and is now tormenting her in her home.Elise seems to be the only person who can
help but fears what hides in the darkness because of a vengeful spirit that
wishes her dead.After Quinn’s father
(Dermot Mulroney) realizes what is happening, he is desperate to save his
daughter and he enlists the aid of two bumbling ghost hunters:Tucker (Angus Sampson) and Specs (writer and,
making his directorial debut with this one, Leigh Whannell).Unfortunately, the two are in over their head
against the spirit tormenting Quinn but Elise soon realizes that she is the
only who can save the young girl and will enter the darkness to rescue her…even
if it means facing her darkest enemy.

How can you sleep with x-mas lights on your bed's headboard?

Chapter 3 offers up a nice beginning to the Insidious series
and, more importantly, it gives us another opportunity to see Lin Shaye as the
awesome badass psychic Elise.This
sequel offers up a very simple, but entertaining, story and it doesn’t spend
too much of its time trying to create origins to what we’ve seen in the first
two or spend too much time setting up stuff that was already established.Yes, it gives us a few nods and winks to the
events we saw in the first two and it is cool seeing how Elise got hooked up
with the goofballs Tucker and Specs but the refreshing thing is the film is all
about how Elise got her groove back and how she got over her fear of spirits
that lurk in the darkness and why she is so determined to help the living from
the dead.

Elise is a fantastic and strong female character...who won't run away from thedarkness wetting her pants like I would end up doing.

I'm too lazy to make a teenager/cutter joke here.

The acting in this feature is definitely top notch.The new cast members might not be as
memorable as the already established members but they are definitely doing
their jobs well.Then again, it’s pretty
hard to compare to Sampson, Whannell and Shaye because, at this point, they are
not only established but they have their characters down pat and are just
dominating.I know in my review of the
first film I didn’t care for Sampson and Whannell’s character because I felt
their comedic relief didn’t feel right (and I stick by that) but their humorous
actions worked far better in the second film and, once again, they seem to fit
excellently in this one.This time
around they are toned down a lot but they still have some fun moments.My favorite aspect of the cast, however, was
just how amazingly awesome Lin Shaye is as Elise.She’s been great in all the films but she
really gets to be a badass in this film—there’s a scene that can only be
described as her being a member of the Supernatural Avengers because she has a
moment against her astral-antagonist and it makes Elise look all kinds of
badass.

Elise is kicking ghost ass!

Scare-wise, Chapter 3 has its moments but isn’t overwhelming
terrifying.Whannell does a great job of
mimicking the atmosphere that James Wan create so well in the previous films
but I still didn’t find the film that unnerving.There’s a moment or two that did raise the
hair on the back of my neck or actually made me jump but, overall, I wouldn’t
say the film is very scary.In my review
of the first film, I stated that I wasn’t scared with that one and only found a
moment or two that was creepy and, I have to say, that I walked away with a
similar feeling for this one in the scare department.

Oh, that face in the shadows is creepy.

OH SHIT! That's much worse. Much, much, much worse!

I've come to love these two.

Insidious:Chapter 3
is a great addition to the franchise that has a great cast, tells
a decent story and the film looks excellent.The film does sorta feel like a generic sequel to a horror franchise but
it works effectively better than most franchises do when they get to their
third film.It wasn’t the scariest
(except in the final moments, dear sweet and sour cheese fries, I nearly pissed
myself there) but the final product is very entertaining and it really has me
desiring to see more stories of Elise taking on angry spirits.

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